zcu_cdrs_amistadamistadcdrszcuyesAmistad Digital Resource for Teaching African American HistoryAfrican Americans--Civil rightsCivil rights--United StatesCivil rights movements--United StatesCivil rights workers--United StatesAfrican American civil rights workersAfrican Americans--HistoryAfrican Americans--Social conditionsAfrican Americans--Economic conditionsSegregation--United StatesSegregation in education--United StatesSchool integration--United StatesSegregation in transportation--Alabama--MontgomeryBoycotts--Alabama--MontgomeryMontgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956Sit-ins--United StatesDirect action--United StatesProject C, Birmingham, Ala., 1963March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963Civil rights movements--MississippiUnited States--Race relationsRace relationsVoter registration--United StatesVoting--United StatesSelma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965Black power--United StatesArts, Black--United StatesVietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movementsAfrican Americans--Politics and governmentBrown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc.Till, Emmett, 1941-1955X, Malcolm, 1925-1965Web site with responding to mandates requiring resources for teaching African American history into the social studies curriculum in K-12 public schools, to provide a more inclusive and accurate record of American history. It is designed as a multimedia resource for secondary school teachers to enhance their knowledge and ability in teaching African American history. It includes photographs, audio recordings, news clips, and excerpts of oral history interviews with a descriptive narrative text explaining significant themes and key events in African American history, from slavery to the twenty-first century. The narrative is event driven in order to fit easily into classroom curriculum, while emphasizing the role of the individual.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.[New York, N.Y.] : Columbia Center for Digital Research and ScholarshipColumbia Center for Digital Research and ScholarshipFord Foundation2007Instructional materialsMapsTimelines (chronologies)PhotographsSound recordingsMoving imagesLetters (correspondence)ArticlesLegislative recordsTeaching guideshttp://www.amistadresource.org/1954/1975United StatesAlabamaMississippiWashington (D.C.)20090910 151515